Improvement in apparatus for clipping horses and other animals



lnnil atee met @wie -JOHN TIDMARSH, OF TWICKENHAM, ENGLAND.

Letters Patent No. 96,742, elated November 9, 1869; patented in England, December 2, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING- HORSES .AND OTHER ANIMALS.

The Schedule referred topin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all to whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN TIDMAnsH, of Twickenl1am,, in the county of Middlesex, England, Watch- Maker, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Clipping 'or Shearing Horses and other Animals and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accomanying drawings, and to the letters of reference ma ked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the ccn-Y struction of apparatus for clipping or shearing horses and other animals, inthe following manner:

Heretofore, modifications of apparatus for clipping and shearing have' been made, some of which have the same number of teeth on the ycomb-plate as there are on the cutting-plate, and in some, a single -cutter is used on the cutting-plate. Now, according to my invention, I form, as hereinafter more particularly described, the comb with a much greater number of teeth than the plate carrying the cutting-blades. I make the comb, as shown in the drawings hereunto annexed, in gs. 1, 4, and 5, segmental in form, and the'teeth close together, and, by preference, although not necessary, the same distance existing between the top and bottom of cach' tooth. The plate carrying the cutting-blades or knives is also, as shown in iig. 2, segmental in shape, and is secured to the comb-plate by'a nut or screw. v

The blades or knives are, by preference,'formed in a piece with the plate, although they may be made separately, and att-ached thereto. A handle on the plate carrying the cutters imparts a to-and-fro motion to them, which is regulated by a stud or studs on the comb-plate.

The cutting-blades, of which I use three, by preference, areY of a triangular shape, or are made with inclined sides, and cut both ways. 'lhey do not radiate from a common centre; neither do the teeth compos- 'ing the comb radiate, as that arrangement of teeth manner, than in apparatus used heretofore with the object of cutting or shearing hair or wool.

The invention, therefore, esscntiallyvconsists in the employment of combs, segmental in shape, with the teeth thereof close together, and notradiating from one common centre, in combination with a plate, (to

which a to-and-fro lnotion is imparted,) also segmental in shape, and carrying cutting-blades or teeth, by preference three, but'which do not radiate from a common centre.

Figure 1, of the accompanying drawings, is a front view of the comb and plate,with handle attached, constructed according to my invention;

Figure 2 is a front view of the plate carrying the cutting-blades Figure 3 is a side view, and

Figure 4 is a front view of the apparatus complete; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus.

Similar letters -of reference refer to like parts in all the gures.

a is the comb-plate, and a', the comb formed at the outer-end thereof, and which is segmental in shape, forming a portion of the radius of a circle, the centre of which is the centre of thc pin b on the plate a.

The teeth of the comb a are parallel to one another, and are cut out of the plate a, as shown.

c is the plate, carrying three cutting-blades, (Z l d.

The vedges of these blades are bevelled, to bring them to cutting-edges, so that they will cut on both sides.

This plate c has an aperture, e, formed in it, the centre of which is the centre of the outer edgeof this plateand the base of the blades d el d.

'Ihe plate c is placed on the pin b, on which it is free to move, and is there secured by a thumb-screw, j, as shown at figs. 3, 4, and 5.

The plate c is somewhat arched, curved, orbent, as shown at fig. 3, so that its top and bottom ends may'rest on and press against the top and bottom of the comb-plate a, the screw f keeping the central part close up to the base of the pin b.

g and h are handles, for holding the apparatus, and for communicating a to-and-fro motion to the plates a and c; or the handle y may be used for holding the plate a, and the handle h for giving motion only to the plate c.

'i and 7e are-pins or studs on the plate a, for limiting l the movement of the plate c on the plate a.

The dotted lilies in iig. 4 show the extent of the distance the plate c travels over the plate a.

To use the apparatus, the comb a is placed in the hair of the animal, which passes-down to the bottom of all the teeth in thecomb. The cutting-blades-(Z d d are then caused to travel over the teeth of the comb, by communicating a to-and-fro motion to the handles g and h, or only to the handle h, and so all the hair held between the teeth of the comb a is cnt.

I make 'no claim to the employment of segmentalshaped combs, the teeth of which radiate froml a common centre; neither do I'claim the use of a segmental-shaped comb and segmental-shaped cuttingplate; neither do I `claim simply thc employment of parallel-or vertical teeth, when taken separately or alone.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf The employment, in apparatus for clipping or shearing horses and other animals, of combs, segmental in shape, having teeth whose central lines are parallel to one another and to the line iu which the instrument is moved forward when in action, in combination with a plate, (to which a to-and-fro motion is.

i1nparted,) also segmental in shape, and carrying cntting-blades or teeth, which d0 not radiate froma common centre, but have, when at rest, their central lines parallel to those of the teeth, all substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings'.

JOHN TIDMARSH.

Witnesses EDWD. GRIFFITH BREWER, H. S. THOMAS. 

